Looking for egg-citing fun this Easter?  At British Orienteering we know the value of continuing to get your family out and active during these times and what could be better than creating a fun Easter challenge.

Report by Richard Oxlade - Lochaber Technical Co-ordinator/ SOA President Dave Kershaw - 6 Days Chair

Report by Jenny Nilsson, Project Manager - World Orienteering Day, International Orienteering Federation 

The clocks change this weekend which means time springs forward by one hour (BST).  

Throughout February and March, over 200 coaches across the UK have been undertaking tutor led Safeguarding courses. In total, 16 sold out courses, have been held.

British Orienteering is pleased to announce a new O-Safe Child Safeguarding Policy.

In order to provide more support and easier access, British Orienteering has been working hard enhancing the Safeguarding sections of the website.

British Orienteering are excited to support their commitment to Safeguarding further by launching their new ‘Introduction to Safeguarding’ eLearning course.    

Orienteering is unique in that it can be enjoyed locally and is suitable for ages and abilities.

On behalf of Göran Andersson, Project Coordinator of World MAZE Day.

Anyone taking part in Orienteering activity must do so in line with the restrictions in place for the area in which they live. 

There are just four places left on the last funded Safeguarding and Protecting Children workshop delivered by UK Coaching. The final workshop with availability, takes place next Wednesday 24 March from 18:30.

Information supplied by Judy Craddock member of Quantock Orienteers The Missing Maps Project was set up by the British and American Red Cross, Medecins Sans Frontiers, and Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team to produce maps of vulnerable areas in the developing world that can be used to support humanit...

Introduction to Orienteering Courses for Secondary Schools.

In 2021, between Wednesday 19 May and Tuesday 25 May 2021, any activity held can be registered as a World Orienteering Day event.

Orienteering is unique in that it can be enjoyed locally and is suitable for ages and abilities.

Ecotrails are a series of educational resources to navigate and explore the local environment using an orienteering map.

Whilst orienteering events and activities have been on hold for the last while, there has been lots of work going on in the background to position us to get more people than ever out orienteering, just as soon as we are able.  Here is a flavour of what the Scottish Orienteering Association Developm...

During February 2021, the 7th annual Catching Features World Orienteering Championships took place in a virtual Czech terrain. There were two training courses and seven competitions.

Report by Alasdair Shaw member of Quantock Orienteers. Our Club Virtual Lockdown Challenge:   Land's End to John O'Groats and back again.